ATI Exam 2

Question 1

Psychoanalysis

Answer 1

assessing unconscious thoughts and feelings, and resolving conflict by talking to a psychoanalyst
may take months to years

Question 2

Psychotherapy

Answer 2

more verbal therapist-to-client interaction than classic psychoanalysis

Question 3

Therapeutic tools used in psychoanalysis

Answer 3

free association
dream analysis
transference
use of defense mechanisms

Question 4

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Answer 4

uses same tools as psychoanalysis but focuses more on the present

Question 5

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Answer 5

assists a client with anxiety management

Question 6

Cognitive Reframing

Answer 6

identifies negative thoughts that produce anxiety, examine the cause, and develop supportive ideas that replace negative self-talk

Question 7

Tools used in cognitive reframing

Answer 7

priority restructuring
journal keeping
assertiveness training
monitoring thoughts

Question 8

Types of behavioral therapy

Answer 8

modeling
operant conditioning
systematic desensitization
aversion therapy
meditation
flooding
response prevention
thought stopping

Question 9

Operant conditioning

Answer 9

The client receives positive rewards for positive behavior

Question 10

Aversion therapy

Answer 10

airing of a maladaptive behavior with a punishment or unpleasant stimuli

Question 11

Response prevention

Answer 11

Preventing a client from performing a compulsive behavior

Question 12

Group process

Answer 12

verbal and nonverbal communication that occurs within the group

Question 13

Group member roles: maintenance role

Answer 13

help maintain the purpose and process of the group (harmonizer, prevent conflict)

Question 14

Group member roles: task role

Answer 14

example- recorder, who takes notes and records what occurs during each session

Question 15

Group member roles: individual role

Answer 15

tend to prevent teamwork, individuals take on roles to promote their own agenda

Question 16

Qualifications for Major depressive disorder (MDD)

Answer 16

has at least five sx, which must occur almost every day for a minimum of 2 weeks, and last most of the day

Question 17

Postpartum depression

Answer 17

begins within 4 weeks of childbirth and may include delusions

Question 18

Dysthymic disorder

Answer 18

milder depression that has an early onset, ie childhood or adolescence, and lasts at least 2 years in adults (1 year in children), has at least 3 clinical sx of depression.

Question 19

Goal of acute MDD tx

Answer 19

reduction of depressive manifestations

Question 20

Goal of tx in continuation phase of MDD

Answer 20

relapse prevention through education, medication therapy, and psychotherapy

Question 21

Goal of tx in maintenance phase of MDD

Answer 21

Remission of manifestations

Question 22

Types of bipolar disorder

Answer 22

bipolar I
bipolar II
cyclothymia

Question 23

Bipolar I

Answer 23

client has at least one episode of mania alternating with major depression

Question 24

Bipolar II

Answer 24

client has one or more hypomanic episodes alternating with major depressive episodes

Question 25

Cyclothymia

Answer 25

client has at least 2 years of repeated hypomanic manifestations that do not meet the criteria for hypomanic episodes alternating with minor depressive episodes